Where Are The Responsible Employers?
Greg Beeman, President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors recently wrote into the Weymouth News to criticize the town’s Responsible Employer Ordinance. It appears that the Fogg Library Project will be delayed because contractors have difficulty complying with Weymouth’s Responsible Employer Ordinance just as the Water Treatment Plant Project is now behind schedule for the same reasons. Reflecting some of his comments, the ordinances that have been passed by several communities under heavy union pressure in fact verge on being illegal and without question, exclusionary. Any politically correct union official will undoubtedly deny that the regulations exempt anyone from participation even though the ordinances are always lobbied for and backed by all the affiliated Locals. The truth remains that small non-union companies cannot comply with the REO even though they may be DCAM certified for specific projects. In the case of the Fogg Library, there are several roofing contractors located within 20 miles of this project that are more than qualified to complete the work but will never bid because of the REO.
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